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administration? howard? >> yes. although hillary as an outsider say tougher sell but she might as well give it a try. chris: i'm going to think about that. katty? >> listen, the unemployment right 5% and economy booming, joe biden will be able to claim credit for it. barring, that hillary clinton is better whether she's inside or outside. chris: hillary clinton regardless of where she is is a stronger candidate with a bigger built-in base. >> the two of them are a dream ticket outside and inside. the political fantasy there is if they're elected twice, joe biden could be vice president for 16 straight years. chris: is that legal? >> yeah, it is the chris: thanks for a great round table. that's the show. thanks for watching. see you back here next week. you can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere
administration? howard? >> yes. although hillary as an outsider say tougher sell but she might as well give it a try. chris: i'm going to think about that. katty? >> listen, the unemployment right 5% and economy booming, joe biden will be able to claim credit for it. barring, that hillary clinton is better whether she's inside or outside. chris: hillary clinton regardless of where she is is a stronger candidate with a bigger built-in base. >> the two of them are a dream ticket...
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whether it's the bush administration or the obama administration. >> the problem, louis that under the bush administration, it was basically putting pressure on the iranians. we were present in iraq. we tried to contain hezbollah. we had u.n. resolutionsagainst hezbollah and lebanon. it was not efficient. in the obama administration, there's disengagement, connect the dots, sending away from the gulf half of the task force, sending messages to the leadership of the iranians not to reform, but to engage with us. we are not helping the iraqis who are rising against iranian influence. iran is sending weapons and also its own guarded in syria to help crush its own opposition. while we are claiming our sanctions are working, iran is all over the map, and more recently, lou, two things. iranian navy has facilities on the coast in the ports on the red sea, and port sudan. their navy crushed the suez canal with the help of the muslim brotherhood in egypt. it's problematic now. >> what you are saying is that the united states national security architecture is incapable of formulating a response
whether it's the bush administration or the obama administration. >> the problem, louis that under the bush administration, it was basically putting pressure on the iranians. we were present in iraq. we tried to contain hezbollah. we had u.n. resolutionsagainst hezbollah and lebanon. it was not efficient. in the obama administration, there's disengagement, connect the dots, sending away from the gulf half of the task force, sending messages to the leadership of the iranians not to reform,...
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. >> that he set out what the obama administration second term foreign-policy would be? xp did not go that far. he had three main parts aside from syria, issuing an offer and a warning to iran, and a warning if the us policy is not containment, but to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon and his offer is they are ready to have talks but the supreme leader needs to be serious about negotiations. that was one thing. another theme was a reset with russia and he made it clear there were differences with russian leadership. it clearly sounds like they will work together on and ad hoc transitional basis. with europe, they said the good news and the bad news is we are not going anywhere, reaffirming the commitment to europe. >> that is a reassuring message. melinda, thank you very much. john kerry has been sworn in as us secretary of state, replacing hillary clinton to my taking his at a small ceremony in washington, dc. he has been in public life for three decades and is the 68 secretary of state, and among his priorities would be removing troops from afghanistan and imp
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. >> the obama administration's use of drones could have an impact on the john brennan confirmation. >> you can pretend you won an oscar. take a look -- oscar is in the building and we are rolling out the red carpet here at wjla. we have details on how you can get a weekend with a golden statue. >> i will be down there. >> you got that right. good morning to you, washington. >> let's check in with jacqui jeras and talk about the weather because it will be a busy 48 hours. >> we will see a little action tonight but overall it will not be a huge event for us. it is a big deal for folks in the northeast. we're starting out with cloudiness today, 32 degrees and a cloudy day overall. it is the calm before the storm. the coastal system will arrive with moisture late tonight and we will likely get a wintry mix north and west of the metro and will change to rain tomorrow morning. we are expecting only 1/2 of an inch at best. for today, we are expecting cloudy conditions and some brightness this morning, 36 degrees at 9:00 and 41 degrees at 5:00. a good-looking weekend ahead and we will give
. >> the obama administration's use of drones could have an impact on the john brennan confirmation. >> you can pretend you won an oscar. take a look -- oscar is in the building and we are rolling out the red carpet here at wjla. we have details on how you can get a weekend with a golden statue. >> i will be down there. >> you got that right. good morning to you, washington. >> let's check in with jacqui jeras and talk about the weather because it will be a busy 48...
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the obama administration has already conceded that. it's a huge mistake, but if iran can get that legitimacy basically overturning six years of security coin sil council re, they'll be well on the way to an easy glide path to nuclear weapons. >> an easy glide path to nuclear weapons if they're given this right for uranium enrichment? >> the more they enrich to reactor grades, the easier it is to take the next relatively baby like steps to get up to weapons grade material, and at this point given the obama administration, i don't think anybody seriously believes is going to use military force against iran's program. the spotlight's on israel. that's the last obstacle to what is now the moat most likely out. mainly that iran gets nuclear weapons. >> you predict iran could get nuclear weapons? what's your predixon what the end game is and how this will turn out? >> i think if they went into a rush, they could get nuclear weapons in a matter of months. what's interesting is they're not in a rush. they're building a very deep, extensive nuc
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. >> they haven't been in the previous four years of the obama administration, the previous eight years of the bush administration, and the previous eight years of the clinton administration, i can continue to go back. so, i do not serious about negotiating. >> molly: he says the u.s. along with other nations should use covert operations to thwarted iran's nuclear development. >> kelly: thank you for that reported. >> jamie: biden's jess tur may be falling on deaf ears as iran showed their newest warplane. it's made in iran and according to the iranian military it combines the speed of a fighter jet the firepower of a bomber and can evade radar. >> kelly: for more with the continuing standoff with iran and biden's remarks on direct talks, we will be joined by former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john bolton. he'll weigh in wisdom of engaging in such talks that some critics say it gives iran more time to develop their nuclear weapons program. >> jamie: deadly terror attack in turkey. the suspected homicide bomber or suicide bomber may have been a convicted terrorist who was serving time af
. >> they haven't been in the previous four years of the obama administration, the previous eight years of the bush administration, and the previous eight years of the clinton administration, i can continue to go back. so, i do not serious about negotiating. >> molly: he says the u.s. along with other nations should use covert operations to thwarted iran's nuclear development. >> kelly: thank you for that reported. >> jamie: biden's jess tur may be falling on deaf ears...
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>> well, this obama administration between president obama, joe biden, secretary of state john kerry, potential secretary of defense chuck hagel i would argue, is the most pro iran engagement u.s. national security cabinet since the 1979 revolution. this is an administration which desperately does want to do a deal with iran to diffuse the nuclear issue and to gradually reduce our footprint in the middle east. they certainly don't want to the go to war. and i'm not sure if ayatollah khamenei understands this is going to be the best deal he's going to get from the united states. >> suarez:. >> brown: well, the demands for the u.s. and others seems fairly clear and the push for sanctions go on. the iranians say they want the sanctions lifted first. so have you heard anything that suggests it's a sort of vicious cycle in that regard? >> this has also been a perennial challenge that synchronizing negotiations, who makes the first overture, but it's not within the realm of possibilities that the u.s. congress or president obama is going to remove sanctions before the negotiations start and
>> well, this obama administration between president obama, joe biden, secretary of state john kerry, potential secretary of defense chuck hagel i would argue, is the most pro iran engagement u.s. national security cabinet since the 1979 revolution. this is an administration which desperately does want to do a deal with iran to diffuse the nuclear issue and to gradually reduce our footprint in the middle east. they certainly don't want to the go to war. and i'm not sure if ayatollah...
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in the obama administration, we talk about their view of the press. they are so controlling of the press. >> they have not done a good job. >> that was a campaign that was brilliant in its use of new media. that again is striking. every president uses the medium of their own time. radio, tv with kennedy. we have not seen this white house effectively harness and the -- any of the media. >> goldman sachs. >> one of the reasons i supported president obama was i did not want to see larry summers in the white house. [laughter] with hillary clinton, until the end of her campaign, there was not a sense of how she could bring her history to bear. it was very much a restoration ist campaign. he fell if you are going to get the clinton administration part 3. -- you felt as if you were going to get the clinton administration part 3. if you feel it was such a crisis and panic at that time as many say it was coming out of the calamitous bush administration into the tar, bringing in a team of rivals as obama talked about, all you had was larry summers and tim geith
in the obama administration, we talk about their view of the press. they are so controlling of the press. >> they have not done a good job. >> that was a campaign that was brilliant in its use of new media. that again is striking. every president uses the medium of their own time. radio, tv with kennedy. we have not seen this white house effectively harness and the -- any of the media. >> goldman sachs. >> one of the reasons i supported president obama was i did not want...
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administration is largely an extension of the bush administration and stick it out with thank you for the interview i wish all the best thanks very much for having me. my juggling geog. do hack work and get caught when lobbyists money and lawmakers are combined together that's where the problem of corruption comes from. i don't know the document's. keep up a smart look. there is also. another way behind that which is how to influence the citizens steer clear of provocations don't answer any question. came into the office and found banners hanging around the office and lots of strange faces around so i said what's what's happening will somebody please tell me what's going on and they said oh we've come to occupy your building. possibly they want to do a confrontation possibly they wanted me to ring up the police and have the police come in through the mount but it didn't seem to be a good idea to learn the european way with brussels business. in the uk risky it's one person one fault but in brussels business it's one euro one fault.
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administration so it could be a case of this is just an entree for bigger escalation on the western powers in the future look at the government in mali is a junior military coup that took over a democratically elected president who fell out of favor with the u.s. so again it's the king making nation building and we're going to see more and more of this enough for africa's untapped economically in the west is really racing with china to gain sort of dominance on this continent because of all the you radio the cobalt. you know tanian the lithium all the rare earth minerals the gas the oil africa is absolutely bountiful and this is going to be a battleground in the resource wars of the twenty first century. and coming up later in the program oil money can't buy you love rich and black gold well the gulf monarchies that once it took pride in being some of the most stable countries in the region are now shaking under a storm of popular uprisings. a new york based ngo group has released a report claiming fifty four countries took part in the cia's secret to detention and rendition program
administration so it could be a case of this is just an entree for bigger escalation on the western powers in the future look at the government in mali is a junior military coup that took over a democratically elected president who fell out of favor with the u.s. so again it's the king making nation building and we're going to see more and more of this enough for africa's untapped economically in the west is really racing with china to gain sort of dominance on this continent because of all the...
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all we have to do is step back and look at what happened with the obama administration and eight years of the bush and carter administration. they don't want to negotiate. they are hell bent on going to have a nuclear weapon and we must finally realize that and take the appropriate covert action without describing it here to stop that from happening. >> this s another story that made headlines. contentous hearingings over chuck hagel's nomination for secretary. we'll listen to that right now. >>ip am not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> let the record show you refuse tod answer the qui. now please go ahead. >> there is john mccain among the senators who were grilling hagel about his views on issues ranging from iran to israel. were you surprised by the way hagel conducted himself? in they felt he should have been more prepared? >> i astonished really. i know he's more skill would than that. you would have thought with all . publicity he would have had good scripted answers and looked down and responded that way and clearly the sturge was a success. he could have said i like man
all we have to do is step back and look at what happened with the obama administration and eight years of the bush and carter administration. they don't want to negotiate. they are hell bent on going to have a nuclear weapon and we must finally realize that and take the appropriate covert action without describing it here to stop that from happening. >> this s another story that made headlines. contentous hearingings over chuck hagel's nomination for secretary. we'll listen to that right...
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corruption and an abuse of the process the obama administration is now promising to draft a new national polygraph policy that would prevent agencies from pushing legal or ethical boundaries during screenings but at the moment the program has no oversight or accountability meaning tens of thousands of u.s. citizens will continue getting personally probes in the name of national security bring up or not our team new york. the cia veteran who revealed america's top program gets thirty months in jail but has spoken to r.t. about what led him to blow the whistle and why the government was so eager to get him behind bars the full interview next. the way. i. was able to build the most sophisticated. tim's mission to teach me the creation of. this is why you should. only. john kiriakou will with me today a former cia official who blew the whistle on the agency's torture practices after nine eleven john kiriakou served as the chief of counterterrorist operations in pakistan mystically are always were totally praised at the agency for his role in the capture of abu zubaydah who back in two thousa
corruption and an abuse of the process the obama administration is now promising to draft a new national polygraph policy that would prevent agencies from pushing legal or ethical boundaries during screenings but at the moment the program has no oversight or accountability meaning tens of thousands of u.s. citizens will continue getting personally probes in the name of national security bring up or not our team new york. the cia veteran who revealed america's top program gets thirty months in...
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has largely seen unfavorable in the muslim world so today on her last day in the obama administration cabinet i want to spend some time examining secretary clinton's legacy and that of the u.s. in the muslim world earlier today i was joined by author and historian dr webster tarpley who shared his opinions on clinton's legacy with us. i think or record is one of the most dismal of modern times maybe catastrophic would be would be a term for this the reset with russia that she touted so much is dissolved into animosity the u.s. is pushing nato anti-ballistic missiles right up to the border of russia the so-called pivot towards china and asia is interpreted i think correctly by the chinese as an attempt to encircle them trying to take countries like burma and turn them into u.s. puppets where they have been friendly to china latin america u.s. influence is probably at an all time low and if we look a little bit more specifically into the areas so the middle east to the greater middle east afghanistan she supported that surge what has that led to just a lot more losses they wanted of cou
has largely seen unfavorable in the muslim world so today on her last day in the obama administration cabinet i want to spend some time examining secretary clinton's legacy and that of the u.s. in the muslim world earlier today i was joined by author and historian dr webster tarpley who shared his opinions on clinton's legacy with us. i think or record is one of the most dismal of modern times maybe catastrophic would be would be a term for this the reset with russia that she touted so much is...
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administration. senator kerry did some very good work as a member and chair of the senate foreign relations committee in righting the treatment of women and the need to address abuses and problems. so i'm confident that women and girls will remain a singular essential part of american foreign policy. >> while she was secretary, clinton teamed the state department up with the gallup organization. that to collect hard evidence of the impact of investing in women and girls. clinton hopes it will be a tool for making a persuasive argument for such investments in the future and valuable policy information. >> we have strong evidence that women play roles in all kinds of things, and in particular, in peace-keeping and conflict prevention. they raise issues in these kinds of negotiations, like human rights and human security. that are fundamental to forging a lasting and sustainable peace but we need more internationally comparable data to examine women's contributions affect conflict regions and only, then
administration. senator kerry did some very good work as a member and chair of the senate foreign relations committee in righting the treatment of women and the need to address abuses and problems. so i'm confident that women and girls will remain a singular essential part of american foreign policy. >> while she was secretary, clinton teamed the state department up with the gallup organization. that to collect hard evidence of the impact of investing in women and girls. clinton hopes it...
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administration is largely an extension of the bush administration. and stick it out with thank you for the interview i wish all the best thanks very much for having me. i took. place. to put. your language kelly kelly though in financial services a still some of. the consensus get to. choose the opinions that invigorating good. chance to stories that impact the life choose access to your office. the government no longer represents the people. the people are going to take such a. leash in the traditional flu to the. the way our economic system currently lives not to. live. play. play. live. live. live. live. live. live live. live. he. lives. live. hold it. hold it hold it. i live a. good speech. and i. wish i. looked. good but. just see. it in the. mind of a very little. do we speak your language not a day of. school music programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you breaking news a little tonnage of angles keeping stories. you hear. all teach spanish find out more visit eye to eye. teeth. download the official publication to yourself choose y
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it is the obama administration foreign policy. now if she does it well it is going to go wrong because the direction of the white house is going wrong anyway. she can be mediocre, otherwise she won't be a good secretary of state. the bottom line is looking at the facts. madam secretary said that there were many people in congress to criticize her who did not look at facts. i'm worried the demint -- administration is looking at facts. in libya did not realize they had militia that were enemies. that is the mother of all problems. lou: whether it is libya, whether it is afghanistan, the questions compound themselves, and now president obama makes it clear that we will have even as he is cutting budgets and talking about further cuts in the defense budget pursuing larger missions in, of all places, north africa. >> well, i think we need to prevent the spread of terrorism to north africa because as we learned in afghanistan. lou: it is too late. >> no pomade is not. lou: it is there. >> but you cannot prove it. it takes persistence an
it is the obama administration foreign policy. now if she does it well it is going to go wrong because the direction of the white house is going wrong anyway. she can be mediocre, otherwise she won't be a good secretary of state. the bottom line is looking at the facts. madam secretary said that there were many people in congress to criticize her who did not look at facts. i'm worried the demint -- administration is looking at facts. in libya did not realize they had militia that were enemies....
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well, the obama administration doesn't torture. and he's said that. >> he said that soon after he came into power. >> yes, he did, in fact -- >> and you believe him? >> i do. and in fact, he was instrumental in arguing for and then, as president, releasing the legal justifications that the bush administration had relied on to conduct the program and opened them to the light of day. and they were reviewed and harshly criticized. in fact, some of the authors were even considered for censure. the fact of the matter is the two branches of government set up to keep a watchful eye on the president in these areas, have a lot of trouble doing it for a variety of reasons. the courts have trouble taking these cases. there are so many constitutional and common law and statutory limitations on their ability to hear, even hear these questions, never mind resolve them, that we're not -- we don't know what the constitutional outcome is, because the courts aren't ruling on it. >> i'm not convinced that the u.s. doesn't torture at this moment just
well, the obama administration doesn't torture. and he's said that. >> he said that soon after he came into power. >> yes, he did, in fact -- >> and you believe him? >> i do. and in fact, he was instrumental in arguing for and then, as president, releasing the legal justifications that the bush administration had relied on to conduct the program and opened them to the light of day. and they were reviewed and harshly criticized. in fact, some of the authors were even...
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administration releases as far as that goes r.t. correspondent on the stasi a church joining us from new york thank you. well all this week we've been discussing the legality of drones and the new developments coming out of the justice department detailing the use of drones in the attacks of u.s. citizens abroad we also know that drone use within u.s. borders is increasing dramatically and it's not just the military using them the map you are looking at here is made from data released from the federal aviation administration after a freedom of information request was sent out by the electronic frontier foundation it shows locations of eighty one public entities that have applied for f.a.a. drone authorizations and includes organizations such as law enforcement agencies sheriff's departments colleges and even one indian travel agency so obviously drones are becoming more prevalent but on the same day that the obama administration released the drone memo that has stirred up so much conversation a small virginia city charlottesville th
administration releases as far as that goes r.t. correspondent on the stasi a church joining us from new york thank you. well all this week we've been discussing the legality of drones and the new developments coming out of the justice department detailing the use of drones in the attacks of u.s. citizens abroad we also know that drone use within u.s. borders is increasing dramatically and it's not just the military using them the map you are looking at here is made from data released from the...
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the obama administration announced an expansion of sanctions against iran. on wednesday, the treasury department said it would pressure countries buying iran's oil to withhold direct payments and instead force iran to purchase their goods. the treasury widened a sanctions list to include iranian media groups involved in state censorship. following the announcement, iran's top leader, ayatollah alcmene, announced his rejection of rejecting the recent call for direct talks with joe biden. top iranian leaders, including president ahmadinejad, had made favorable statements about the offer earlier in the week, but iranian president said they would do nothing to resolve u.s.-iran differences. iran also has released what it says is surveillance footage extracted from u.s. surveillance drone captured inside its borders in 2011. opposition activists in syria are claiming new civilian casualties in the latest attacks on rebel strongholds around the capital damascus. the syrian observatory for human rights says at least 55 people, including 19 civilians, have been kill
the obama administration announced an expansion of sanctions against iran. on wednesday, the treasury department said it would pressure countries buying iran's oil to withhold direct payments and instead force iran to purchase their goods. the treasury widened a sanctions list to include iranian media groups involved in state censorship. following the announcement, iran's top leader, ayatollah alcmene, announced his rejection of rejecting the recent call for direct talks with joe biden. top...
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administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws. it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama appointed chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say we will see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine to be america's relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the hail appointment we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with . who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia and that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for real coming to terms of the islamic republic of
administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws. it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama appointed chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say we will see but i'm...
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legal reasoning for why the administration believes president obama has the power to order the killing of americans in counterterrorism strikes around the world. look at this. ever since anybody knew such a document existed, this is how the administration has been coping with requests to see this document. this is a letter from the justice department telling the aclu that they neither confirm nor deny the existence of the documents described in your request. quote, the fact -- excuse me -- the very fact of the existence or nonexistence of such diagnostics is itself classified. that's what they've been saying for more than a year. but now as of tonight, the administration admitted that that legal reasoning memo exists. the associated press first breaking the news late tonight. nbc news confirming it. the president has directed the justice department to give the memo to the intelligence committees in congress. it is the first time that this will have been seen outside the administration itself. now, the administration has openly in speeches and in public comments asserted that it believe
legal reasoning for why the administration believes president obama has the power to order the killing of americans in counterterrorism strikes around the world. look at this. ever since anybody knew such a document existed, this is how the administration has been coping with requests to see this document. this is a letter from the justice department telling the aclu that they neither confirm nor deny the existence of the documents described in your request. quote, the fact -- excuse me -- the...
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he said it was a good first step in terms of moving toward more transparency from the obama administration regarding the drone program. you agree with that assessment? was it enough or is more needed to be done? >> well, i think obviously it's a very important issue we have to it continue to discuss, and i wanted to start with the idea that yesterday's hearing was pretty remarkable. it's a great country that can have an issue of that delicacy with lots of different points of view aired in public with senators of different points of view asking questions. i thought john brennan did a good job. he was very straightforward. i got the feeling he was giving us the answers that were what he really thought and believed. he wasn't playing games with words so, yeah, i think there's going to be a lot of work. i mean, this is a new technique of warfare. and it's something that we have to try to figure out how do we do it judiciously? the other thing we have to think about is we're not going to be the only people on the planet that have this technology indefinitely and what we're doing now, in a sense
he said it was a good first step in terms of moving toward more transparency from the obama administration regarding the drone program. you agree with that assessment? was it enough or is more needed to be done? >> well, i think obviously it's a very important issue we have to it continue to discuss, and i wanted to start with the idea that yesterday's hearing was pretty remarkable. it's a great country that can have an issue of that delicacy with lots of different points of view aired in...
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document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what american could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's a legal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to make what would normally be illegal and legal what's even more disturbing is that as long as it's not americans who are being executed people don't seem to care all of the same poll seventy five percent of people approve of drone wars the target whatever the u.s. brands as a quote national security threat is the this exact mentality is the problem this blind faith is what led to americans being the targets of assassinations without due process our silence is complicity what are we going to wake up to this flawed logic when the predator drones a
document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what american could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in the poll from public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's a legal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework...
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document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what americans could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in a new poll from the public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's a legal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal framework to make what would normally be illegal and legal what's even more disturbing is that as long as it's not americans who are being executed people don't seem to care at all going to the same poll seventy five percent of people approve of drone wars to target whatever the u.s. brands as a quote national security threat is the this exact mentality is the problem this blind faith is what led to americans being the targets of assassinations without due process our silence is complicity what are we going to wake up to this flawed logic when the pr
document on the obama administration's and big u.s. criteria for what americans could be infiltrated by u.s. drones well apparently americans are in the dark about the fact that this is even happening in a new poll from the public mind shows that forty percent of voters think it's a legal for the government to kill americans abroad. and so cute no way the u.s. could be doing that because it's illegal won't put these people probably don't realize that this administration has created a legal...